CHANDIGARH, Apr 28: A blast that occurred on a railway track near the Shambhu area in Punjab’s Patiala district was an attempted detonation, a senior police officer confirmed on Tuesday. Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Varun Sharma said the person involved in the attempt to trigger the explosion on Monday has died in the
CHANDIGARH, Apr 20: Punjab Police on Monday said it has busted a major narcotics and illegal arms module with the arrest of four accused persons and recovery of over nine kg of heroin along with pistols and ammunition in Hoshiarpur. In what officials described as a significant breakthrough, Hoshiarpur Police dismantled an inter-state and foreign-linked
CHANDIGARH, Apr 18: Punjab Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a cross-border drug smuggling module in Amritsar, arresting two persons and recovering 64.62 kg of heroin from their possession. Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said the Punjab government’s anti-drug campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ achieved a major breakthrough with this recovery. The operation was
CHANDIGARH, Apr 14: The Punjab Police has busted a cross-border arms smuggling module, arresting three persons and recovering six pistols from their possession, an official said on Tuesday. Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, in a post on X, said preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers through social media